Enjoy Your Holiday with Your Special Needs Child
Enjoy Your Holiday with Your Special Needs Child The decorations are perfect, the presents look magical, and the entire family is smiling and relaxed. That’s how the holidays are portrayed...
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How Do You Create or Maintain Peace and Joy During the Holidays?
How Do You Create or Maintain Peace and Joy During the Holidays? Parenting Special Needs readers shared with us on Facebook how they create peace and joy in their lives...
Family: Where Life Begins & Love Never Ends
Family: Where Life Begins & Love Never Ends I knew I wanted to be a parent my whole life. In my mid-30’s, I realized it wasn’t going to happen “naturally”....
A Letter to the Sibling of a Child with Special Needs
You’re on my heart more than you know. I know sometimes you feel like your sibling gets all the attention and I don’t notice you, but it’s not true.
ABOUT ME: Communication & Choice Making Guide
Communication and choice making skills are something most of us take for granted. If you think about how you interact with friends, family and work colleagues, much of it revolves...
Special Education & Parenting Classics
Special Education & Parenting Classics: Parenting classics that are informative, inspiring and will surely help expand your parenting skills Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition by Pam Wright &...
10 Quick & Easy After School Snacks
My daughter eats lunch at school at 10:30 in the morning. Afternoon snacks are not given. She’s starving by the time she gets home from school
The Birthday Gift
Every year I struggled with what to do for my daughter’s birthday. Of course, my daughter starts planning
Reinforcement: Improving Behavior One Interaction at a Time
Pediatricians and educators tell parents to “reward good behavior”, but what does that really mean? Reward is often..
4 Tips for Managing Parties and Social Gatherings this Summer
Summer might be over, but, barbecues, outdoor festivals, street parties, family get-togethers and camping out are still things we look forward to…or, if you’re the parent of an autistic child, you may be thinking it’s time for sensory blowouts
